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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2018

Convallatoxin, the active cardiac glycoside of lily of the valley, minimally affects the ADVIA Centaur digoxin assay.

Amitava Dasgupta, Laverne Bourgeois

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Amitava DasguptaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-1357
Laverne BourgeoisLaboratory Services, Memorial-Hermann Hospital at Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Memorial Hermann · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveLily of the valley is a poisonous plant due to the presence of the cardiac glycoside convallatoxin which is known to interfere with serum digoxin measurement using the LOCI digoxin assay and other digoxin assays. We evaluated potential interference of convallatoxin as well as extract of lily of the valley with the ADVIA Centaur digoxin assay by comparing results obtained using the LOCI digoxin assay. MATERIALS AND

methodsAliquots of a drug-free serum pool and a digoxin serum pool were supplemented with nanograms to 1 μg quantities of convallatoxin or 1.0 and 2.5 μL of lily of the valley extract per milliliter of serum followed by measurement of digoxin concentrations using the LOCI and ADVIA Centaur digoxin assays.

resultsApparent digoxin concentrations were minimal using the ADVIA Centaur digoxin assay when aliquots of drug-free serum were supplemented with convallatoxin or extract of lily of the valley but apparent digoxin levels were very high using the LOCI digoxin assay. Moreover, minimal interference in serum digoxin measurement using the ADVIA Centaur digoxin assay was observed when aliquots of serum digoxin pool were further supplemented with lily of the valley extract. As expected, the LOCI digoxin assay showed significant interference of convallatoxin in serum digoxin measurement.

conclusionsSignificant interference of convallatoxin in serum digoxin measurement using the LOCI digoxin assay could be minimized using the ADVIA Centaur digoxin assay.

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ConvallariaDigoxinDrug MonitoringHumansImmunoassayPlant ExtractsReproducibility of ResultsStrophanthinsconvallatoxinDigoxinPlant ExtractsStrophanthinsADVIA Centaur digoxin assayconvallatoxinlily of the valleyLOCI digoxin assay

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PMID29855084
PMCPMC6817247
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